Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, The Batman: Part 2 director, Matt Reeves – who is also executive producer on The Penguin – explained how Keoghan will be approaching the seminal character.

Sorry, The Batman fans, Colin Farrell has nothing to do with Barry Keoghan's possible return to the film franchise as The Joker. "Nothing to do with me, that's above my pay grade," Farrell, 48, told Us Weekly and other reporters at The Penguin premiere in New York City on Tuesday,

I’m surely not alone in thinking that Mark Hamill is the GOAT of actors who’ve played The Joker in some form of media. The actor set a high standard when he debuted as the villain decades ago on Batman: The Animated Series.